Sambhar

South Indian recipe which I learned from my mom when I was just 9, I made it couple of times but not as good as my Mom can.It is highly nutritious as it consist of green vegetables,pulses.If you do not have pumpkin you can also add potato or other vegetables as per your taste.

Ingredients

For Sambhar
1 cup toor dal (arhar)
1 tomato, chopped
1 onion, chopped

1/2 Green pumpkin,sliced
1 to 2 brinjals, sliced
1 drumstick, cut into 4 pieces
1 tsp tamarind pulp (imli)
salt to taste

For Sambhar masala
4 to 6 red chillies
1 tsp coriander seeds
1 tsp fenugreek seeds (methi)
1 tsp toor dal (arhar)
1 tsp split Bengal gram (chana daal)
1 tsp split black gram (urad dal)
1 tsp turmeric powder (haldi)
1/2 tsp asafoetida (hing)
1 tsp oil

For tempering
1 teaspoon mustard seeds
6 curry leaves
1/4 teaspoon asafoetida (hing)
2 tablespoons oil

Direction:

For Sambhar Masala

• Heat the oil in a pan and cook all the ingredients for the sambhar masala in it.
• Take all the ingredients in a food processor and grind to a smooth paste using a little water. and set it aside.
• On the other side wash the daal and cook it into the pressure cooker along with potato,tomato, onion, brinjals, drumstick and with 2 cups of water.
• Add the tamarind pulp, sambhar masala, salt and 4 cups of water and let it boil.
• For seasoning, heat a pan with oil, add curry leaves, mustard seeds,asafoetida and finely chopped green chilies. When mustard starts popping, remove and pour over sambhar and simmer for 15 minutes.
• Serve hot